Metropolitan Youth Symphony: Community Concert, Downtown!
$16-$40 ($11-$21 senior/student)
Metropolitan Youth Symphony presents their Community Concert: Downtown! at the Portland'5 Newmark Theatre on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 7pm.
More information coming soon!
About Hillsboro Chamber Strings – Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Students in this strings-only group will continue to refine their ensemble skills. Focus will be on developing technical and musical skills specific to playing string instruments in ensemble settings, such as unifying articulation, various bow strokes, rhythmic precision, and aspects of tone production.
About Interlude Orchestra – Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Musicians in this full orchestra (strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion) will be reading music in the keys up to three sharps. They should play with a nice tone, accurate intonation and have good rhythm skills. Musicians should be able to respond to changes in dynamics, tempo and meter. Rhythms will include triplets, 16th notes, and dotted rhythms. Interlude performs three concerts a year and takes a day tour in the spring.
https://playmys.org/ensembles-portland/#interludeAbout Portland Camerata – Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Camerata is a strings-only, high-intermediate chamber orchestra that plays a wide variety of music, from baroque to contemporary. Players are expected to have strong skills in sight-reading, intonation and rhythm. Camerata performs three concerts a year plus additional outreach performances.
https://playmys.org/ensembles-portland/#portlandcamerataAbout Concert Orchestra – Metropolitan Youth Symphony
This full orchestra performs challenging unabridged pieces from the standard orchestral repertoire. All Concert Orchestra members must show a high proficiency in their playing and be able to demonstrate the full range of abilities for their instrument. Appropriate instruments should be comfortable transposing and playing in multiple clefs (see below). Woodwinds and brass must perform at Symphonic Band level. Concert Orchestra performs three concerts a year plus an outreach concert.
https://playmys.org/ensembles-portland/#concertorchestra